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    <updated_at>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:30:11 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Thought provoking book discussing reproductive health, women's rights, climate change, evolution.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:14:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The plot was exciting, but Bella got way to weepy for my taste.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:25:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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